Coin-controlled mechanism.



J. W. TEAGUE.& J. HARTMAN.

com CONTROLLED MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 9, 1914.

1,205,81 6. Patented Nov. 21, 1916.

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J. W. TEAGUE & J. HARTMAN.

COIN C OOOOOOOO D MECHANISM.

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2 S H E E TS-SHEET 2- I mp6 E r 26 1 3 j T Fi JOSEPH W. TEAGUE AND JACOB HARTMA N, 0F SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.

COIN-CONTROLLED MECHANISM.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 21, 1916.

Original application filed July 10, 1913, Serial No. 778,354. Dividedand this applicationfiled February 9,

1914. Serial No. 817,581.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, J OSEPH W. TEAGUE and J noon I-IARTMAN, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Salt Lake City, in the county of SaltLake and State of Utah, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Coin-Controlled Mechanism; and we do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains tomake and use the same. 1

Our invention relates to improved coin controlled mechanism and residesin the provision of mechanism of the character described which isparticularly designed to operate in conjunction with our safety hat andcoat rack, pending application for patent, Serial Number 778,354 filedJuly 10,

An important object of our invention. is to provide mechanism of thecharacter de scribed which is designed to automatically lock article andapparel securing means upon the placing of a coin in the proper positionrelative to the mechaiiism, and to unlock upon the operation of a keythat is arranged to operate with the mechanism.

Another important object of our invention is to provide mechanism of thecharacter described which is extremely simple as to construction,reliable and efiicient in operation, and cheap to manufacture.

The above and additional objects are accomplished by such means as areillustrated in the accompanying drawings, described in the followingspecification Y and then more particularly pointed out in the claimswhich are appended hereto and form a part of. this application. Y

With reference to the drawings wherein we have .illustrated thepreferred embodiment of our inventionas it is reduced to practice, andthroughout the severalviews of which similar reference numeralsdesignate corresponding parts: Figure 1 is a vertical sectional viewtaken through the wall board for supporting the mechanism and showingthe mechanism assembled and in elevation and showing the locking bar inlocked position, Fig. 2 is a detail view of the lock with the coverplate removed and showing the position of the bar when in lookingposition, Fig. 3 isa sectional view on line 33 of Fig. .2, and Fig. 4 isd ta l view'in side elevation of the locking mechanism showing one ofthe locking arms for a hat and coat rack. Fig. 5 is avvertical sectionalview through the wall board, showing the locking bar in unlockingposition and showing the manner in which the key is held from beingwithdrawn from the casing. Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view takenthrough the wall board, and showing the locking bar in looking positionand the key released so as to have free rotation or withdrawal.

Referring particularly to the drawings by characters of reference,thenumeral 1 designates as an entirety a wall board for the purpose ofsecuring the'coin controlled mechanism in the proper position upon awall or like support. This wall board 1 is preferably rectangular inshape and supports the mechanism to be later described.

Mounted upon the wall board 1 is locking ,mechanism designated as anentirety by the numeral 2 that is arranged to cooperate with one freeterminal 3 of a pivoted locking aw or arm 4, that forms a part of thesafety hat and coat rack, pending application for patent, Serial No.778,354, filed July 10, 1913 and of which this application is adivision. l

The locking mechanism 2 consists of an approximately rectangular casing5 through the longitudinal side walls of which is slidably mounted anelongated locking bar 6. A coin controlled trigger 7 is pivoted upon thewall board 1 and arranged to cooperate with a recess 8 formed in theadjacent end of the locking bar 6 to hold the locking bar in retractedor unlocking position. v The front wall of the casing 5 carries apivoted latch plate 9 provided with a shoulder 10 adjacent its freeend.- This shoulder 10 is held into locking engagement with a pin 11carried by the locking bar through the action of a leaf spring 12 whenthe looking bar is in the projected or looking position so as to preventthe unauthorized unlocking of the bar 6. One end of the said spring issecured to the casing5 and its other terminal operatively engages thelatch plate 9. A T-shaped slot 13 is formed in the latch plate 9 belowthe shoulder 10; thus when a key designated 14 is inserted into thecasing through a key hole 14 in the front of the wall board 1 and frontwall of the casingj and is rotated the bit of the key is brought intoengagement with a projection formed on the locking plate 9 and theT-shaped slot 13 is brought into registering relation with the pin 11and further rotation of the key bit will retract the locking bar anddispose the pin 11 into the head of the T-shaped. slot 13. In thisconnection it will be observed that a substantially V-shaped notch 16 iscut in the lower edge of the locking bar 6 and in that portion of thebar which is normally arranged interiorly of the casing 5.

With particular reference to Fig. 6 it will be noted that when thelocking bar is in locked position, the key may be inserted through thekey hole and upon being rotated to lift the locking plate 9 in themanner above described will engage in the inclined edge of the notch 16so that further rotation of the key will actuate the bar 6 in a mannerbefore described. lVhen the locking bar is returned to unlockingposition the key can be held against withdrawal from the casing, in anysuitable manner.

The locking bar 6 is normally held in unlocked position against thetension of a helical retractile spring 17 secured at its terminals tothe bar and wall board 1 by the coin controlled trigger 7.

The coin controlled trigger is pivoted centrally of its ends as at 18and disposed so that one of its terminals 19 projects into a coin slot20 which is formed in the nature of a serpentine groove in the wallboard 1.

The other terminal of the trigger 7 and designated 21 is disposedangularly with relation to the body portion of the trigger and adaptedto fit within the recess 8 formed in the adjacent end of the locking bar6. \Vhen the bar 6 is in unlocked position, the terminal 21 of thetrigger 7 is positioned within the recess 8 in the bar 6 and when a coinis dropped down the coin chute 20 the terminal 19 of the trigger 7 willbe swung downwardly by the weight of the coin thus resulting in thewithdrawal of the terminal 21 from the recess 8. The spring 17 at thistime serves to slide the bar 6 through the casing 5. The slidingmovement of the bar 6 is limited by stop pins 22 and 23 that are carriedupon the bar interiorly of the casing and arranged to alternately engagethe opposite side plate thereof.

The locking jaw or bar 4 forming a part of the hat and coat mechanismpreviously described and illustrated in our pending application forpatent, Serial No. 7 7 8,35 1, filed July 10, 1913, is extended througha slot formed in the wall board 1 beyond the rear face thereof andpositioned above one longitudinal edge of the locking bar 6. Theextending portion of the member 4 is designated 3 and designed to engagethe upper inclined edge 25 of the locking bar 6. The member 4; isdesigned to be swung upwardly after the manner previously illustratedand described in our beforementioned pending application; thus when thecoin is dropped into the slot 20 and operates the mechanism after amanner before described the locking ear 6 through the action of thespring 19 is moved into locking engagement with the terminal 8 of themember t. is soon as the coin has moved past the terminal 19 of thetrigger 7 it assumes the position shown in Fig. 3 in a supportingengagement with a coin guide trigger 26 that is pivoted be neath thetrigger 7 and adapted to engage a pin or projection 27 carried by thewall board 1 to limit its movement in one direction. The coin is thuscomprehended in the space between the adjacent end of the looking bar 6and guide trigger 26.

When the key is turned to unlock the mechanism the bar 6 in moving intoengagement with the coin forces the coin over upon the trigger 26 untilthe trigger over-balances and the coin drops down the coin slot into asuitable till 28. As the bar moves into anlocked position the terminal21 of the trigger 7 moves into engagement with the recess 8 in the bar6; thus the device is again ready for locking operation when. the coinis .dropped in the slot 20. A look designated 29 as an entirety andoperable from the front of the wall board 1 is provided for the till 28so that the owner of the device may periodically collect the coin.

It will be readily observed with reference the foregoing description andaccompanying drawings that we have provided novel coin controlledlocking mechanism which is "eliable and eflicient in operation, consistsof few parts and is cheap to manufacture.

In reduction to practice, we have found that the form of our invention,illustrated in the drawings and referred to in the above description, asthe preferred embodiment is the most efficient and practical; yetrealizing that the conditions concurrent with the adoption of our devicewill necessarily vary, we desire to emphasize the fact that variousminor changes in details of construction, proportion and arrangement ofparts may be resorted to, when required without sacrificing any of theadvantages of our invention, as defined in the appended claims.

hat is claimed is 1.The combination with a wall board having a coin slottherein of a casing mounted upon said wall board, a locking bar slidablethrough the casing and adapted to be moved into and out oflockingengagement with a pivoted arm or lever, a coin controlled triggerpivoted upon said wall board and having one terminal disposed within thecoin slot, said bar havinga recess formed therein adjacent. to one endthereof to receive the other end of said trigger, said trigger adaptedto be moved out of engagement with said recess upon the engagement of acoin therewith, locking means pivoted within said casing for holdingsaid bar in looking position, a key adapted to be inserted within thecasing and operated to move said locking means out of looking engagementwith said bar and means for moving said bar into locking position uponthe releasing action of said trigger.

2. The combination with a wall board having a coin slot therein, of acasing mounted upon said all board, an elongated bar slidable throughsaid casing and arranged to be moved into and out of looking engagementwith a pivoted arm or lever, a coin controlled trigger pivoted on saidwall board and having one terminal extended into said coin slot, theother terminal of said trigger being adapted for cooperation with arecess formed in the adjacent end of said bar to hold said bar inunlocked position, key controlled means mounted within the casing forholding the bar in locking position, and spring means for automaticallymoving said bar into locking position upon operation of the coincontrolled trigger.

3. The combination with a wall board having a coin slot of a casingmounted upon said wall board, an elongated locking bar slidably mountedthrough said casing and arranged to be moved into and out of lockingengagement with a pivoted arm or lever, a coin controlled triggerpivoted on said wall board and having one terminal extending into thecoin slot to engage a coin, said bar having a recess formed in one endthereof, the other end of said trigger being adapted to be moved intoand out of engagement with said recess, a pivoted locking plate mountedwithin said casing and arranged to hold said bar in lookingposicomprising a casing, an elongated locking bar slidable through saidcasing and arranged to be moved into and out of locking engagement witha pivoted arm or lever, a coin trigger mounted upon said wall board andhaving one terminal extending into said coin slot, said bar having arecess formed in one end thereof adapted to receive one end of said cointrigger, a locking plate pivoted within said casing, a pin carried uponsaid bar and engaging one end of said locking plate to hold the bar inoperative position, said locking plate having a longitudinal slotopening at one end thereof, a key arranged within said casing andadapted to move the locking plate so that the slot therein is in aposition to receive said pin, means for normally holding said lockingplate into operative engagement with said pin and means for moving thebar into look ing position automatically when the coin trigger is movedout of engagement with said bar.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

JOSEPH N. TEAGUE. JACOB HARTMAN. Witnesses D. C. PERKINS, AsI-IER DAVIS.

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